dc.contributor.author | Ramachandran, V. K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Swaminathan, Madhura | |
dc.contributor.author | Rawal, Vikas | |
dc.coverage.spatial | India | en_GB |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-10-04T13:30:34Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-10-04T13:30:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2001 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Ramachandran, V.K., Madhura Swaminathan & Vikas Rawal (2001) How have hired workers fared? : a case study of women workers from an Indian village, 1977 to 1999. CDS working papers, no.323. Trivandrum: CDS. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/3028 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper examines certain aspects of employment among women
workers in hired labour households, drawing on two surveys of
Gokilapuram, a village in south-west Tamil Nadu, India, conducted in
1977 and 1999. The study finds that, first, work participation rates among
women were high. Secondly, a woman was able to gain employment in
1999, on average, for only about six months a year. Thirdly, there was a
distinct shift between 1977 and 1999 in the composition of total
employment available to women Fourthly, while the real wage rate for
women at cash-paid, daily-rated crop operations rose significantly
between 1977 and 1999, the gender gap in wages widened.
JEL Classification: J2, J3, J11
Key words: women, agriculture, wages, work participation rate, Asia,
India | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Centre for Development Studies | en_GB |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | CDS working papers;323 | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | en_GB |
dc.subject | Agriculture | en_GB |
dc.subject | Gender | en_GB |
dc.subject | Work and Labour | en_GB |
dc.title | How have hired workers fared? : a case study of women workers from an Indian village, 1977 to 1999 | en_GB |
dc.type | Series paper (non-IDS) | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | Centre for Development Studies | en_GB |
dc.identifier.externaluri | http://www.cds.edu/outreach/publications/working-papers | en_GB |